Dhanbad Eye hospital under Govt scanner over Rs 50 lakh forged Ayushman Bharat claims
The submitted bill of the hospital amounts to Rs 50.32 lakh for the cataract operations performed on 592 patients under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna in 2021-22 financial year. The hospital gets paid Rs 8500 per cataract operation, as per the scheme.;
Dhanbad: A Dhanbad-based eye hospital in Jharkhand has come under the scrutiny of the state health department as the latter has ordered a probe into allegations that the hospital might have forged bills amounting to Rs 50.32 lakh for treatment claims under the government's Ayushman Bharat scheme.
According to sources in the health department, the forgery was suspected after the Jharkhand Arogya Society found large-scale irregularities in the bills submitted by the hospital, Nayan Sukh Netralay in Dhanbad.
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The Dhanbad civil surgeon (CS), Dr Alok Vishwakarma has been directed by the society to conduct a proper investigation into the authenticity of the bills. He has formed a three-member committee to probe the allegations of fraud by the hospital.
The submitted bill of the hospital amounts to Rs 50.32 lakh for the cataract operations performed on 592 patients under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna in the 2021-22 financial year. The hospital gets paid Rs 8500 per cataract operation, as per the scheme.
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